News: Our planet faces an existential threat, with climate change and global warming threatening to make it un-liveable in a few decades. Digitization doesn’t just pose a risk to people, It also poses a risk to the planet. How computerization and technology adoption is contributing to climate change? One huge factor ruining our planet is the… Continue reading Decomputerize to decarbonize: A climate debate we can’t avoid

News: Despite the announcement by the PM to repeal the three farm laws, farmers are demanding that, MSP should be made a legal entitlement. This article provides both the side of the arguments (support and against) w.r.t legalising MSP demand. Some points are already covered in the following article: Read more: https://forumias.com/blog/explained-in-perspective-farm-distress-and-the-demand-for-guaranteed-msp/ What are the… Continue reading After farm laws repeal, farmer unions want legal guarantee for MSP. Should the govt give in?

News: Recently the Supreme Court, in pursuance of complete justice, directed IIT Bombay to allot a seat in the BTech program to Prince Jaibir Singh, a Dalit student from Ghaziabad. What was the issue? He was denied a seat because of late payment.  The institution did not provide an alternative mechanism for fees payment like… Continue reading The case of Prince Jaibir Singh’s admission to IIT Bombay

News: Recently NLU Delhi’s project 39A released its report Deathworthy in collaboration with NIMHANS. It studied the life and history of prisoners who have been given death punishment. What were the findings of the report? The report gave two important findings. First, The origins of violent behaviour are determined by poor educational attainment and mental health… Continue reading Why the link between mental health and death penalty deserves greater attention

News: There is an increase in the cases of disruptions in the house. Contents1 About disruptions in Parliament 2 Previous cases of disruptions in the past3 How has the trend changed over the years?4 What are the reasons behind the increase of disruption in the Parliament?5 What should be the way forward? About disruptions in Parliament  Disruptions… Continue reading Chaos in Parliament a sign of India’s strong democracy

News: Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC)  on the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, 2019 has submitted its report in the Parliament. What are the key recommendations of JPC? First, It suggested renaming ‘Data Protection Bill’ by dropping the word ‘personal’. Second, Committee recommended that the same regulator should govern both personal data (data about an individual)… Continue reading Why Non-Personal, What’s Critical … & Snooping?

News: Recently, the Allahabad High Court had ruled that a penetrative sexual assault on a 10-year-old boy did not fall under the stringent POCSO Act’s definition of aggravated penetrative sexual assault. The Allahabad High Court lowered the sentence of a man who was convicted of forcing a 10-year-old boy to perform oral sex. The ruling… Continue reading POCSO shocker

News: India’s foreign policy options are limited by its relatively inadequate economic size and technological capabilities. How economic considerations of a nation can influence its foreign policy stance? This can be easily understood by analyzing the difference in the West’s posture towards China and Russia. For instance, with respect to Russia, the western journals repeatedly… Continue reading Economic heft and foreign policy posturing